Daiwa Seiko, Inc.

Teiji Matsubara

Shigeru Yamamoto

Mitsuyoshi Oyama

Yoshihiro Naeki

Hiroyuki Ono

Shinya Takizawa

Hiroshi Oda

Yoshiharu Kiyota

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Shinichi Asano

Masaru Akiba

Nobuyuki Yamaguchi

Tomoyoshi Tsurufuji

Kaname Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Toma

Toshiro Ono

Kunio Tayama

Mitsuru Sasaki

A fishing rod with which, even when fishing large fish or fish demonstrating strong tugs, fishing can be performed comfortably even if the angler's physical strength is small. The fishing rod is arranged such that a portion of the fishing rod ranging from a portion close to a butt portion of the fishing rod to a rod tip is formed by a solid rod having a region where a fiber-reinforced plastic prepreg in which reinforced fibers are stretched and arranged mainly in one direction is wound around and integrated with a surface of a solid member using a resin as a matrix and reinforced mainly by reinforced fibers generally oriented in an axial direction, in such a manner that a direction of the reinforced fibers of the prepreg is generally oriented in the axial direction.

Fishing rod

The present fishing rod comprises a pair of hood portions ( ) which are respectively disposed back and forth in such a manner that they are opposed to each other, while the two hood portions ( ) respectively include openings for receiving the leg of the reel. At least one of the pair of hood portions, that is, the hood portion ( ) is of a movable type, while the movable hood portion ( ) can be moved back and forth as a nut member ( ) is rotated. The present fishing rod further comprises elastic mechanism ( ) and an engaging portion ( ) which are respectively so disposed as to extend between two of three elements, that is, a main body portion ( ) fixedly secured to a rod pipe ( ), the nut member ( ) and movable hood portion ( ): in particular, the elastic mechanism ( ) are formed in one of the above two elements, that is, the main body portion ( ); and, the engaging portion ( ) is formed in the other, that is, the nut member ( ) in such a manner that the elastic mechanism ( ) can be removably engaged with the engaging portion ( ) by a given force. The elastic portion ( ) of the elastic mechanism is formed considerably larger than the engaging portion ( ), or the free portion of the elastic mechanism ( ) that is not restricted by the engaging portion ( ) is formed larger than the portion of the elastic mechanism ( ) that is contacted with and restricted by the engaging portion ( ).

Fishing rod of reel mounting type

Reel seat for fishing rod

A fishing rod with which, even when fishing for large fish or for fish demonstrating strong pulls, fishing can be performed comfortably even if the angler's physical strength is small. The fishing rod is arranged such that a portion of the fishing rod ranging from a portion close to a butt portion of the fishing rod to a rod tip is formed by a solid rod having a region with a fiber-reinforced plastic prepreg in which reinforced fibers are stretched and arranged mainly in one direction is wound around and integrated with a surface of a solid member using a resin as a matrix and reinforced mainly by reinforced fibers generally oriented in an axial direction, in such a manner that a direction of the reinforced fibers of the prepreg is generally oriented in the axial direction.

In a fishing rod having a reel seat on a rod pipe, the fishing rod has a finger trigger on the side which is opposite to the side where the reel seat is provided, in such a manner that the finger trigger is so positioned and configured as to allow an angler to cast the fishing line while palming the fishing rod and a reel mounted on the reel seat with one hand.

Fishing rod having improved gripping portion

A reel for fishing is capable of mounting a fishing rod in its leading end in the direction in which a fishline is played out. The reel for fishing has a reel body which is provided with a spool on which the fishline is wound up, a handle to be driven to rotate the spool in the fishline-winding-up direction, and a grip portion to be held integrally with the reel body at the time of actual fishing. An opening is formed in the reel body, which opening is capable of smoothly thumbing the spool along the direction of the thumb which is gripping and holding the grip portion.

Reel for fishing with integral reel body and grip portion

The invention concerns a tag to be mounted on a fishing rod, which enables a customer at a store to read easily the specifications of the rod printed on the tag without touching the tag by hand and also to confirm simply the handling conditions of the rod without fluttering the tag. The tag is mounted on the fishing rod in such a manner that one side of the tag is secured to one of fishing line guides on the rod, a rod receive surface of the tag is put on the rod, and the other side of the tag is tied to the rod by a connecting wire member. The tag is bent formed from a rectangular paper, resin film or the like into a triangular shape in section and includes the rod receive surface and art least one display surface. The specifications of the fishing rod, pictures and the like are printed or affixed on the display surfaces.

Tag to be attached onto a fishing rod

Fishing reel seat

The present disclosure concerns a fishing rod handle which, when holding the fishing rod at a position forward of its normal holding position (e.g. between the reel and the tip of the fishing rod), allows the fishing rod to be held stably, thereby improving the ability to manipulate the fishing rod. The handle includes a reel leg mounting portion 18 which locates the legs 14A,14B of a reel 14 on a reel leg placement surface 18B and fixes the reel legs 14A,14B with front and rear hoods 12A,12B. The reel leg mounting portion further includes a reduced portion 18C diametrically opposite the reel leg placement surface 18B. An expanded portion 22 is located between the reduced portion 18C and a constricted portion 20C, and swells generally oppositely from the reel leg placement surface 18B. The extended portion 22 is contoured and sized so as to be readily and comfortably received in the palm of an angler's hand.

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Higashikurume, Japan

Teiji Matsubara